2-4 Players
10-20 Minutes
8+
WELCOME TO THE BEAT
Can your band perform, adapt and improvise to conquer the greatest stages and become the Rockstars of the Galaxy?
The Beat: Rockstars of the Galaxy is a cooperative limited communication and hand-management game for 2–4 players where you play as an up and coming Alien band and tour the most legendary venues in the galaxy.
By playing cards you work together to build the perfect setlist. Every song can end ON POINT, LOUD, or as a FAIL. Communication is limited, so success depends on reading your bandmates, managing your hand and trusting each other’s instincts.
Every of its 26 Venues introduces a new rule that changes how the game is played. No two Venues play alike and mastering each one is the key to completing the interstellar tour. Event cards add even more variety, ensuring that no two performances ever unfold the same way.
Game Design: Christian Kudahl, Morten Blaabjerg
Art & Graphic Design: Daniel Caballero Rodríguez, Maximilian Gotthold
Is THE BEAT Your Kind of Gig?
Co-Op
THE BEAT is made for players who love a true cooperative challenge where every decision matters, every clue counts, and every performance pushes your teamwork to the limit.
Limited Communication
Feel the rhythm, read your bandmates, adapt to ever-changing venues, and discover just how in sync your group really is.
Campaign-based
Each venue takes only a few minutes to play, but don’t expect to stop after one. Every round teaches your band something new. You’ll communicate better, trust each other more, and pull off plays that seemed impossible just a game ago.
COMPONENTS
- 60 Beat Cards
- 26 Oversized Venue Cards
- 32 Event Cards
- 24 Song Cards
- 1 Solo Card
- 1 Rulebook
Say It Without Saying It
Talking is limited. Teamwork isn’t. THE BEAT lives in the space between what you can say and what your bandmates need to understand. A perfectly timed hint. And you get into a moment where everyone suddenly knows exactly what to do.
No Two Gigs Alike
No two performances are ever the same. With 26 unique Venues, every stage brings new challenges. Each Venue changes how your band can communicate and what the audience expects.
Just when you’ve found your rhythm, the next gig throws something new at you. Asking you to adapt your strategy.
Expect the Unexpected
Every great concert has its surprises. THE BEAT makes sure you get yours.
32 Events can crash your performance at any moment, forcing your band to improvise on the spot. Stage fright. Mosh pit madness. Soundcheck disasters. A sudden blackout in the middle of your greatest song.
There is no such thing as a normal concert in THE BEAT. Every performance is a new story.
Hard to Rock. Harder to Put Down.
THE BEAT doesn’t go easy on you. Your first few gigs will be messy. Missed cues, bad timing, songs that fall apart before the finale. But every playthrough sharpens your band. Eventually you’ll read each other before a card even hits the table. And that feeling of becoming a truly great band. That’s what THE BEAT is all about.
YOUR NEXT GIG IS OUT OF THIS WORLD
Nobody knows exactly when live music became the galaxy’s greatest obsession. But one thing is certain: no species embraces it more than the Greys.
There’s just one tiny problem.
The Greys are terrible at making music.
They can’t keep a rhythm, they can’t write a melody, and somehow, they always clap on the wrong beat. Ironically, they know great music when they hear it.
Since the Greys are also the most numerous species in the galaxy, they accidentally turned live music into the biggest industry in the whole galaxy.
Wherever a band performs, Greys will show up. A dusty truck stop on the Outer Rim. A tiny dive bar carved into an asteroid. A sold-out mega arena on the edge of a black hole. It doesn’t matter. If someone is playing live, they’ll be there. Entire planets have built venues hoping to lure the next big act and fill the seats with Greys.
Every band dreams of the same thing: To win the hearts of the Greys.
Because once the Greys fall in love with your music…
…the whole galaxy will know your name.
WELCOME TO THE BEAT!
THE BEAT doesn’t go easy on you. Your first few gigs will be messy. Missed cues, bad timing, songs that fall apart before the finale. But every playthrough sharpens your band. Eventually you’ll read each other before a card even hits the table. And that feeling of becoming a truly great band. That’s what THE BEAT is all about.